EVERYONE SAYS HI SHARE NEW TRACK, “ON THE SAME SIDE” – A TRACK ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR LIAM GALLAGHER

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EX KAISER CHIEFS SONGWRITER/DRUMMER NICK HODGSON’S NEW BAND RELEASE ‘EVERYONE SAYS HI’ ON 31ST JANUARY 2025

+ UK HEADLINE TOUR IN OCTOBER

Everyone Says Hi are pleased to share the latest track to be lifted from their forthcoming debut, self-titled album. Listen to “On The Same Side” here.

The album is released on 31st January 2025  via Chrysalis Records. Pre-order here

Vocalist Nick Hodgson on the new single: “This is the oldest song on the album. Justin Parker (Video Games – Lana Del Rey) was asked to write something for Liam Gallagher and he asked me to collaborate. We wrote On The Same Side one day and we were feeling really good about it, we could picture Liam singing it in its full anthemic glory. He turned it down because he didn’t want songs written by a Kaiser Chief. I’m really pleased how it turned out though, definitely Liam’s loss and our gain.”

“It feels weird that its coming out a couple of weeks after Oasis announced the reunion. The lyrics are about feuds and making up. Justin and I were trying to write broader lyrics about reunion but we kept coming back to Liam and Noel!”

Although only officially released today, the track has already been soundtracking the BBC’s coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics. It’s an anthemic, sky-scraping, and widescreen ballad that pushes all the right emotional buttons. Undeniable. It was written alongside Justin Parker, who’s previous writing credits include Video Games by Lana Del Rey and Stay by Rihanna.

The ex-Kaiser Chiefs’ songwriter/drummer unveiled Everyone Says Hi earlier in the Spring with debut single, Brain Freeze, which was quickly followed by a first live performance at Brighton’s Great Escape and a pair of sell-out headline dates in Hodgson’s hometown of Leeds and London. A second track, the electric torchlit ballad (and album opener), Somebody Somewhere, and Only One have since followed.

Everyone Says Hi sees Nick adopt the role of lead singer/guitarist/frontman, and brings together musicians Pete Denton on bass, Glenn Moule on drums, keyboard player Ben Gordon (ex-members of The Kooks, The Howling Bells, and Liverpool’s The Dead 60s respectively), alongside Leeds based guitarist Tom Dawson. The band’s name is lifted from a David Bowie song of the same title. What you hear across its 10 tracks is high-calibre, beautifully sculpted songcraft performed by high-calibre, experienced players. Not so much showing ‘promise’ here, but instantly delivering bonafide ‘big songs’ that belie the band’s status as relative newcomers. The record was produced by Nick at London’s Snap Studios and at his home studio.

“Everyone Says Hi” is the fruits of a multi-platinum musician deciding to draw a line and start afresh. Back to the same bedroom floor where the first tentative notes were played, holding the same guitar that was played way back when, back to forming a band with trusted friends, and back to booking the sticky basement stages where teeth were first cut. But whilst you can metaphorically wipe the slate clean on most things, you cannot unlearn what you already know. If emotionally-driven, arena-ready songs come almost second-nature, you’d be foolish to ignore the gift you’ve been given.

Nick has long been a songwriter in high demand. Since leaving his teenage band back in 2012, he has co-written for the likes of Dua Lipa, You Me At Six, Duran Duran, George Ezra, and Holly Humberstone, and collaborated on tracks alongside Mark Ronson, Kygo, and Shirley Bassey. Having racked up over 5 million cumulative album sales globally, Nick now focuses on a new challenge.  You wouldn’t bet against him.

Album tracklisting: Somebody Somewhere / Lucky Stars / Only One / Brain Freeze / I Wish I Was In New York City / On The Same Side / I Wasn’t Dreaming / Holding On To Let Go / Tried And Failed / Did I Just Fall In Love

Pre-order Everyone Says Hi HERE

A first headline tour in support of the record runs across six dates in October, including a headline show at Oslo in London and Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. Tickets are on general sale now.

Everyone Says Hi Live: 

21st October – Thekla, Bristol

22nd October – Heartbreakers, Southampton

24th October – Oslo, London

25th October – The Deaf Institute, Manchester

27th October – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

28th October – McChuills, Glasgow

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